In the Interest of WRIGHT

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• deciding that “the fact that a person drinks does not impeach his credibility; evidence of drinking is admissible only because it lays a foundation for an opinion of the intoxication of the witness”
• deciding that \the fact that a person drinks does not impeach his credibility; evidence of drinking is admissible only because it lays a foundation for an opinion of the intoxication of the witness\
• court should have allowed questions regarding intoxication to impeach credibility where testimony on direct examination established that witness had been drinking
• court should have allowed questions regarding intoxication to impeach credibility where testimony on direct examination established that witness had been drinking

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).